SYE

[chromerunner]

who has the best kit out there, who uses what and etc..... picking up a D44 rear so i might as well finally knock this damn thing out in one hit.

 

[Reed]

http://www.4xshaft.com/index.html

Thats what I run, works really well.

 

[SPOA87YJ]

http://www.jbconversions.com/pages/products/np231/np231j_short_sye.html

Plans call for a crawl box in the future, so I went with something a little shorter than the norm.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I ran the Teraflex one on my NP231 for several years with no problems, and now have the same on my D300. Can't beat the price from DC4wd.

 

[Futbalfantic]

Im running the curie SYE seems to work fine to me

 

[chromerunner]

thanks for all the info and links

 

[braxton357]

It's an xj. Just do a hack and tap, save yourself some time and money.

 

[chromerunner]

ive heard thats a halfass way to do a xj. but i havent looked at them so ill check them out.

 

[YJJPWrangler87]

from what I've read a hack n tap if done right will work just fine.

Zack

 

[Spence]

yeah, i say go with the hack and tap

the reason a lot of people say it is half ass is because it doesnt upgrade the output shaft strength, but from reading your posts i dont think you need to upgrade the output, and you should save the coin,

i know if i do a sye, i will most definitely go with the hack and tap, because it is cheap and fits my needs

 

[uncc civilengineer]

I dont see anything wrong w/ a hack & tap.... mine's held up just fine.. and if i'm not mistaken I think Woodkrawler ran one on his old woody w/ 38.5's.

 

[drag0n]

hack and tap?
whats the difficulty of doing an sye yourself? thought about it, but the tcase kinda scares me. im mechanically inclined, i have just never tackled a gearbox before. suggestions?

 

[farmboy]

hack and tap?
whats the difficulty of doing an sye yourself? thought about it, but the tcase kinda scares me. im mechanically inclined, i have just never tackled a gearbox before. suggestions?

Take it apart and keep it in order. With a hack and tap it really doesnt involve too much disassimbly. Just dont break the bit off in the output shaft (which i have done with a crapy hitachi bit) and you should be fine. If you can change an axle shaft then you can do a hack and tap.

 

[99ncxj]

i'm using Advanced Adapters short shaft kit. It works great and am using a tom woods driveshaft. I was going to go with the hack and tap option, but wanted the stronger output shaft and just didn't like the idea of cutting the old one. i would think the heat created by cutting the old one could weaken it...then again, i could be very wrong on this. besides, i sold my original output shaft for 50.00!

 

[Tradarcher]

As long as it's a 96 or later XJ you can save some money with the hack and tap. If it's a pre 96 then the benefits do not outweigh the cost, go with the HD version.

Dragon, installing an HD SYE is easy.

 

[Stowe]

PORC sells thiers for $169.99 (not sure what offshore child slavery company makes them though)

www.performanceoffroadcenter.com